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They live in modest comfort.他们的生活还算舒适。He did his best this week to stonewall questions and to block even the most modest proposals.他这周竭力避免作出明确答复，甚至连一些最温和的建议都企图阻拦。He's got a drawer full of medals but he's too modest to wear them.他有满满一抽屉的奖章，但是他很谦虚，从不戴它们。This modest group size allows our teachers to respond to the needs of each student.这样的小组规模适中，可以使老师照顾到每一个学生的需求。He is looking to improve on his relatively modest achievements so far.目前他业绩平平，但他期待能有所进步。The stock market reversed course and closed with a modest gain.股市一改常规，以小幅上涨收盘。Smaller towns have less money to spend, so their systems are very modest in comparison.小城镇没有多少钱可花，所以他们的体系相比之下也很简单。It is a book of only modest importance.这本书不是很重要。She would be falsely modest not to acknowledge that she had come a very long way since those early days.不承认自己比以前有了很大的进步，她就是在故作谦虚。He was always modest about his role in the Everest expedition.他对自己在那次珠峰探险中所起的作用总是很谦虚。The money involved is modest.不需要投入太多金钱。She proposed a modest expansion of unemployment benefits.她提议适度扩大失业救济。Lord Carrington is modest about his achievements.卡林顿勋爵对自己取得的成绩非常谦虚。A university professor who used his modest means to collect over 300 valuable artworks has donated them to the National Gallery.一名大学教授以他不高的收入收集了三百多件有价值的艺术品，并已经把它们捐赠给了国家美术馆。He was small and to all appearances very modest.他身材矮小，看起来很谦逊。She has had some modest success with her short stories.她在短篇小说创作上取得了一定的成绩。The party made modest gains in the elections, but nothing like the huge gains that were predicted.这一党派在选举中取得一定成绩，但和预期的巨大收获相差甚远。He is unusually modest for a man who is so famous and successful.对于像他那样功成名就的人来说，他的谦逊实属罕见。He is a modest and sincere man.他是个谦虚诚恳的人。Asian women are more modest and shy, yet they tend to have an inner force.亚洲女性表现得更为端庄腼腆，却往往外柔内刚。Though his background was modest, it was in no sense deprived.尽管他家境一般，但也并不贫穷。Initial failure was followed by unexpected, if modest, success.最初的失败之后是意想不到的成功，即便并不辉煌。A series of arrows points the way to the modest grave of Andrei Sakharov.一连串的箭头指示着通往安德烈·萨哈罗夫的朴素的墓地的路。He was modest about his army career.他对自己在部队的经历很是谦逊。They lived in a modest semi-detached house in the suburbs.他们住在城郊一所不大的半独立式房子里。You must school yourself to be modest and prudent.你要学会谦虚谨慎。She was very modest in her demands.她的要求一点也不过分。We live on a modest budget.我们的生活预算不太高。She was a modest girl, always keeping covered, even in summer.她是个保守的女孩，总是穿得严严实实的，甚至在夏天也如此。You can be overly modest and undersell yourself.人们有时候会过度谦虚、贬低自己。It was a modest but jolly wedding.那可是个朴素但喜庆的婚礼。The more learned a man is, the more modest he usually is.人愈有学问，往往愈是谦虚。Campese is genuinely modest about his achievements.坎佩西谈到自己取得的成绩时确实很谦虚。With interest rates at current low levels, cash on deposit will show modest returns.以目前如此低的利率水平，现金存款只有较少的利息收益。The sellers were asking for a modest sum.卖家要价不高。She preferred wearing more modest swimsuits.她喜欢穿保守些的泳衣。She tries to appear to be both glamorous and modest at the same time.她尽力表现得既有魅力又谦逊有礼。She was characteristically modest when she accepted the reward.领奖时她表现出了特有的谦虚。He's modest, as well as being a great player.他是一名谦虚而伟大的运动员。His only income is a modest state pension.他唯一的收入是一笔不多的政府养老金。 |